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  1. jenrose

    Maculopathy

    I have just watched about macula degeneration and the specialist giving the talk by the Macula Society which will go on their website later said that Age related Macula Degeneration (AMD) is progressive but tight control will help to slow the progression down but will not reverse it. I am even...
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    Diabetic macula edema

    I have just watched a webinar by the Macula Society, they will be putting this webinar on their website later on and it is very informative with a talk by an eye professional.
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    High blood pressure anyone?

    I was diagnosed with high blood pressure about 2002/3 and ended up taking 3 tablets to control blood pressure. I went on a low fat diet as was put on statin for cholesterol. In 2005 I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 and changed my diet as I realized the very low fat diet was causing me to eat...
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    Anyone had flu jab i did

    I will have my flu jab on Saturday. I am also over due on a shingles jab because I had to have the first covid jab at that time so put it off. Maybe they will do the shingles one too. I would be due a booster for the Astrazennica jab in December. I had Hong Kong flu in 1970 and this bought on a...
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    AstraZeneca vaccine

    I had two letters saying I could go and have vaccination at a centre but it was for the the Pfizer vaccine and as have had severe reaction to medicines and have chemical sensitivy as well so decided to wait to have the Oxford one at my surgery. The surgery rang me and the receptionist said she...
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    Frozen Shoulder

    I am type 2 and had a frozen shoulder, I had physio instructions given to me but this was too painful, after a year got to see the consultant and had my first injection, a few weeks later I felt great and thought it had gone but it came back with a vengence. A few months later had the second...
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    stress as a factor in diabetes complications

    I find stress whatever the cause is a cause of not managing your diabetes properly.
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    Annual blood test and diabetes checks still happening?

    I saw the DN last November and in the 18 months before I had lost my mum and my husband and lost a stone in weight and so am well underweight so she said to eat more and not worry so much about the bs and she would see me in April but due to the COVID I have not heard yet when I will see her...
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    Metformin

    I had to go on the slow release Metformin because I had really bad effect especially when it was put up to 3 a day. I lost a lot weight but being on the borderline of being underweight 1/2 a stone was a lot to loose but now I am okay on the slow release just one a day so hope that keeps the...
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    Any other UNDERWEIGHT T2s out there??

    I have the same problem, of how to increase weight without spiking blood sugar. I lost 1/2 a stone just recently which puts me underweight as I was on the borderline before the tablets caused me to have digestion and IBS problems so that I could not eat much. I have a good appetite now I am...
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    Told I don't need to monitor my levels

    Hi everyone I've been T2 for one and a half months now I'm taking 1500mg of metformin a day and trying to stick to a low carb diet I've also been very ill for the last 3 weeks with perforated diverticulitis, that's the back story, when first diagnosed my fasting blood test returned at 99 which I...
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    What do you miss most from being diabetic

    I think it would be easier if I could eat as much fruit as I would like to, also if I could eat salad vegetables instead of just beetroot and tomatoes which is down to the IBS as well.
  13. jenrose

    Is Dry Skin A Symptom Of Diabetes?

    Yes having diabetes can mean having dry skin but the outbreak on your face is more likely to be something else, perhaps it is eczema so I would suggest seeing your doctor. I get dry skin on my feet and put on body butter. I also get psoriasis on my scalp and I did not know that there was...
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    What test was used for your diagnosis?

    I had a fasting blood test 9 plus years ago
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    Fruit good or bad for you

    someone posted this on my fb page, it really annoyed me http://www.forksoverknives.com/is-it-possible-to-eat-too-much-fruit/ I know how fruit affects me because I have tested, also the studies were not stated what studies they were !!
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    NHS Direct doctor says... NO testing when taking Metformin

    As for the advice rolled out that you should not test as 'testing causes anxiety' I would find not being able to test would cause me anxiety, especially as I know blood sugars go up when you are ill, as I found out when I had and infection and took antibiotics for it. My aunt died nearly two...
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    What a tragedy

    Not only was there this awful slapping of the little boy ( a week long too) but the child may have come off of insulin too? He may of been fasting for three days ? if so no wonder he died, poor child, I hope the person who did this to the child gets charged with manslaughter yet he was allowed...
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    Strokes and diabetes

    I am not surprised you feel angry about his blood sugars being so high for a long period of time, I would assume they were high to begin with and I would have thought the nurse would of seen him at regular intervals with him having mobility problems and so unable to exercise ? I am glad he now...
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    Laughed at for wanting test strips

    If you don't miss meals you can go too low, if you do heavy work or exercise you can too low on Metformin and so if you do both together then you are much more likely to and I know that from my meter readings and how I felt even though my DN says that Metformin is very mild and that hypos are...